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Jill Dougherty

Global Fellow

Term

August 1, 2016 — April 30, 2026

Professional affiliation

Former CNN Foreign Affairs Correspondent
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Full Biography

Jill Dougherty is an expert on Russia and the former Soviet Union. In her three-decade career with CNN she served as Foreign Affairs Correspondent, based in Washington, D.C., where she covered the State Department and provided analysis on international issues.

Dougherty previously served as U.S. Affairs Editor for CNN International; Managing Editor of CNN International Asia/Pacific, based in Hong Kong; and CNN's Moscow Bureau Chief and Correspondent.

From 1991 to 1996 she was CNN White House Correspondent, covering the presidencies of George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton.

In 2013-14 she was a Fellow at the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, where she pursued research on Russia’s mass media.

Dougherty received her B.A. degree in Slavic Languages and Literature from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and her M.A. from Georgetown University, where she researched Russia’s soft power diplomacy.

Major Publications

Putin's Iron-Fisted Message, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jill-dougherty/putins-ironfisted-message_b_5044092.html

http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/03/putin-on-the-couch-104647_Page9.html#.U5hUKii3nHM

http://security.blogs.cnn.com/2014/01/21/sochi-terrorists-aim-to-sow-fear-as-olympics-draw-closer/?iref=allsearch

Previous Terms

Former Public Policy Scholar, September 2014-May 2015: "Re-defining Russia: Vladimir Putin's Ideology"